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I’ve worn hearing aids for the past 15 years. My current ones are Bernafon Hearing Aids that I got at Cosco for ~800.00 each several years ago. They are programable, have different settings depending on conditions, and have background noise filters.
I have to say that I am satisfied with them. I find that I am sometimes able to hear better behind me than in front and that the noise filters will sometimes kick on at the wrong times. I have yet to wear a hearing aid that can handle a crowded, noisy room, but all-in-all, my experience has been very good.
About a year ago, I developed a sever case of tinnitus. A high pitched ringing in my ears that prevented me from sleeping. It came on suddenly, no build up.
Doc gave me sleeping pills. “This dose will keep a horse down for 12 hours”. I was awake in four.
Spent a day up at OHSU in Portland. Found that the tinnitus
frequency was at the same point where my hearing loss began.
I didn’t know I had any loss!!!
Went to a hearing specialist in Medford and got fitted with
the mid range Widex hearing aids which produces background
white noise in the frequency range where I had lost hearing.
Cost for everything was $4,500 and I would have paid ten
times that for what they have done for me. Gave me back my
life.
First!
Find an Audiologyst who isn’t just a hearing aid salesman.
Preferably, Board Certified.
Siemens makes quality hearing aids.
Siemens - my wife just purchased 4 from an Ebay participant - 2 need adjustment but two are very good. These were the basic Siemens but are still probably worth about $600-$1000 each -we got the 4 for $125 plus postage - it was certainly worth the risk we took. MY wife is quite happy with the outcome. The hearing specialist wanted $5000 each for the top brand Siemens plus fitting (- i.e. a moulded earpiece) and adjustment.
Mel
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Be certain to have your hearing checked by qualified Hearing specialist(s) prior to purchasing any hearing aids of excessive cost. Hearing problems can all be different. Volume is one thing, but then there’s also nerve loss that can leave a person with incredibly strange hearing patterns, and often unique that the newer types of hearing aids with mini computers can be set to pick up.
I don’t have but old, and I mean old hearing aids from the seventies that are good only as volume, but due my nerve loss problems they only compound my hearing dilemma.
I don’t wear hearing aids at all for many years now, because I read enough BS, I don’t want to hear it as well.
Living in the country with nobody around I don’t need the expense. I can hear my wife. She has a voice identical to that which was Lucille Ball’s, so I’m safe there.
You are right. They are very expensive.
/johnny
I have Siemens brand. Have no idea of the cost as the Army issued them to me. When I first wore them I heard EVERYTHING! Even when I went to the bathroom I couldn’t believe how much noise urine hitting water makes. I now only wear them in meetings or classes. Overall I think they are OK. They are the behind the ear kind by the way.
Husband had a hard time wearing hearing aids. I think he went through about two before he finally got a Miracle Ear (for both ears). He’s done a lot better with those; but he still likes just going au natural, I think he would no matter what brand he had. - Miracle Ear was expensive; but we’d just wasted a lot of money before that. This way, he has good quality when he wants and needs it. - I wonder if the Esteem surgery is what it claims.
If I could hear all the crap that goes on around me I would be really crazy!
Get the Seimens digital version, top of the line. It adjusts automatically to background and shuts down loud noises you might encounter, like a tray slapping a table, or gun fire.
The unit is plugged into a computer and can be custom programmed for your hearing loss.
The earpiece is nearly invisible in the ear. Also durable, mine has lasted over 7 years and still going strong.
They’re expensive....$3000+, but worth it.
Firstly, you need to have your hearing tested by someone that really knows what they’re doing and has lots of experience. There are several good brands (as others have mentioned), but some may be better than others, depending upon your level of hearing loss.